Later this week . . . , the Supreme Court will decide Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby,
the most watched-case on its docket this term. The case is important because it
could affect the implementation of the Affordable Care Act if the plaintiffs
win. The decision will likely influence battles around the country about gay
marriage as well.

Read more-
Lord, we lift up the Supreme Court decision in this case and ask that You
restore our freedoms in America through a decision that brings Your light.

- "When the wicked, even my enemies, and my foes, came upon me to eat
up my flesh, they stumbled and fell." (Psalm 27:2)2. "I'm Working Hard to Ensure" U.S. has LGBT Ambassadors, Kerry
Says- Washington Times

During a gay pride event last week, John Kerry spoke about Ted Osius nomination
as a U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam said, "(Osius) will be the first openly
LGBT officer nominated to serve in Asia," and "I'm working hard to
ensure that by the end of my tenure, we will have lesbian, bisexual,
transgender ambassadors in our ranks as well." -
Father, our leaders have fallen under the spell of not only the Muslim agenda,
but the LGBT one as well. We are heartbroken and we pray in repentance for our
nation to once again be "one nation under God."

More than 52,000 unaccompanied minors have entered the U.S. illegally and have
been arrested since October. In order to handle the increased numbers of
minors, the United States is converting a 55,000-square-foot warehouse into a
processing facility near the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, the Associated
Press reported. -
Father, as this illegal situation grows exponentially out of control, we ask
that You find a way to intervene that will return these children, and all of
those who have come with them, to their origin point.

-"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant, but
he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of
hell." (Proverbs 9:17-18)4. Economy in Freefall?- Fox News

ANOTHER OBAMA ADMINISTRATION REVISION of America's economic 'growth' shows
anything but, as new Commerce Department numbers show the economy actually
shrinking at a more drastic pace than first reported, with gross domestic
product falling nearly 3 percent - not the 1 percent the administration
reported last month, or the 'growth' the administration first reported in
April. -
Lord, our nation has become one of lies and deception. Save us, Lord, save us
from ourselves, and from leaders whose purpose is to destroy us.

A federal judge has ruled the US no-fly list has deprived 13 people of their
constitutional right to travel without giving them a way to clear their names.
In Oregon, US District Judge Anna Brown ordered the justice department to
devise a mechanism for people on the list to appeal against their inclusion.
The plaintiffs who sued in 2010 include four veterans and the leader of
Portland's largest mosque. -
Father, this is a good decision on the part of the court, but we see that the
government often ignores laws and court rules. So we pray that You will protect
those who fly from unfair inclusion in subjective lists that may not be based
on facts.

- "Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation; and uphold me with Your
free Spirit." (Psalm 51:12)6. North Korea says release of American comedy film would be 'act of war'
- AP

North Korea is warning that the release of a new American comedy about a plot
to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un would be an "act of war." If the
U.S. government doesn't block the movie's release, it will face
"stern" and "merciless" retaliation, an unidentified
spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in state media Wednesday. He
didn't mention the movie by name but was clearly referring to "The
Interview," which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as a producer and
talk-show host who land an exclusive interview with the North Korean dictator
and are then asked by the CIA to assassinate him. -
Lord, we pray that North Korea will be unable to mount any sort of actions from
this temper tantrum.

-"Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me" (Psalm
141:9a)

The Middle East in Focus

The Middle East in Focus

This week, for all the headlines cited below, please join us in proclaiming
THIS DECREE:

"If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from
here." (Exodus 33:15) 1. Cabinet Votes to Scale Back Operation in Light of Ramadan

Israel's Security Cabinet voted to reduce Israel Defense Forces (IDF) presence
in the West Bank and limit the scope of Operation Brother's Keeper, with fears
of a continued IDF operation during Ramadan, which begins Saturday, would
further escalate tensions in the region, Israel Army Radio reported. 2. Mother of Kidnapped Teen Makes Emotional Address to Knesset -
Israel National News

PA minister says any natural resources in Judea and Samaria belong to "the
State of Palestine". (Read
more)4. Imprisoned Terrorists Agree to End Hunger Strike -
Israel National News

63 prisoners suspend the hunger strike which they have observed since late
April following agreement with Prisons Service. (Read
more)

Focus on Iraq/ISIS

Focus on Iraq/ISIS
For every headline listed in this section, please decree Isaiah 59:19. IT IS
WRITTEN:

"When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD
shall lift up a standard against him." 1. Iran Protected and Sponsored ISIS Founder - Washington Free Beacon

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIS) founder and former commander
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was given protection and resources by Iran, according to
the Washington Free Beacon. 2. Oil Refinery Seized; Iraqi Convoy Attacked Just 20 Miles from Baghdad
- Worthy News

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) struck a convoy just 20 miles
from the center of Baghdad, leaving at least 81 people dead.
3. Kerry Meets Iraq's PM; New Iraq Gov't by July 1 - Wall Street Journal

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri
al-Maliki for nearly two hours on Monday. Kerry received commitments from
Maliki to begin the process of forming a new national government in Baghdad by
July 1, The Wall Street Journal reported.4. Secret U.S. Plan to Aid Iraq Ended Because of Mutual Distrust - Wall
Street Journal

President Barack Obama authorized a secret plan to aid Iraq by sharing
intelligence on Sunni jihadist's camps. However, only a handful of U.S.
specialists were tasked to the operation, and it provided limited information
to Iraq, due to U.S. concerns that the Iraqi government would share sensitive
information to its Shiite counterpart, Iran, according to The Wall Street
Journal.

The Daily Jot

Sending a message to Washington
Primary runoff night in Mississippi was a lot closer than Republican Senator
Thad Cochran had hoped. He won by a little more than 6,800 votes, defeating TEA
Party upstart Chris McDaniel. Cochran has been a conservative for most of his
four decades in Washington, but somewhere along the journey became part of the
"establishment." So much so that McDaniel may challenge the results
of the race because of possible Democratic voters who voted in the previous
Democratic primary and allegedly voted again in the Republican run-off, saving
Cochran from an unplanned retirement. There are several things wrong with this
picture, but there is a silver lining in the cloud. First
and foremost, Cochran should have the decency and honor to not make a career
out of the Senate. Some 40 years in elected office is not good for any person.
They become part of the "club" even if they try not to. The Founding
Fathers never intended political office to be a bread and butter career for the
elect. But few people exhibit the honor to public service demonstrated by
George Washington when he left office after two terms. He resisted the
temptation of power and did the right thing. Not in Cochran's case. The 76 year
old Senator ran one of the most unseemly campaigns in recent memory to stay in
power, including the appearance of vote tampering which will likely be
investigated. Breitbart
points out another wrong: "Running on a populist anti-Washington
message-including opposition to amnesty, bailouts and the status quo in the
nation's capital-McDaniel narrowly beat Cochran in the primary, forcing the
runoff...the establishment poured millions of dollars in to back
Cochran...Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney's 2012
campaign manager Stuart Stevens, the Chamber of Commerce, Facebook founding
president Sean Parker, Karl Rove's American Crossroads, former Rep. Steven
LaTourette's group and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) poured support into Mississippi
to back Cochran." It's obvious that people far from Mississippi influenced
the outcome.

If anything, the McDaniel campaign exposed a lot about what is wrong with our
nation and the system of corruption that keeps it in control. Many would say,
"Well, that's just politics." Yes, it is. I know it well. But it
doesn't make it right. The more people see how these scoundrels operate, the
more they will get fed up with it. Again, Cochran is not a bad man. Hopefully,
he will look at this campaign as one where he needs to get back to his roots
and quit playing the game of thrones, so to speak. Hats off to McDaniel for
exposing to the light many issues that Washington needs to address. For
Cochran, we will see if he learns from the scare. As Jesus said in Matthew
7:16, "You shall know them by their fruits." Have
a Blessed and Powerful Day!
Bill Wilsonwww.dailyjot.com

A Decree for the Supreme Court

A Decree for the Supreme Court: Psalm 94
O Lord, God of vengeance,
God of vengeance, shine forth!
2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth,
Render recompense to the proud.
3 How long shall the wicked, O Lord,
How long shall the wicked exult?
4 They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly;
All who do wickedness vaunt themselves.
5 They crush Your people, O Lord,
And afflict Your heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.
7 They have said, "The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed."Pay heed, you senseless among the people;
And when will you understand, stupid ones?
9 He who planted the ear, does He not hear?
He who formed the eye, does He not see?
10 He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke,
Even He who teaches man knowledge?
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of man,
That they are a mere breath.Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O
Lord,
And whom You teach out of Your law;
13 That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,
Until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not abandon His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
15 For judgment will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?If the Lord had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18 If I should say, "My foot has slipped,"
Your lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.
19 When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your consolations delight my soul.
20 Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which devises mischief by decree?
21 They band themselves together against the life of the righteous
And condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the Lord has been my stronghold,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
23 He has brought back their wickedness upon them
And will destroy them in their evil;
The Lord our God will destroy them.

Update: Meriam Ibrahim Still Detained

Meriam Detained and Questioned over "Irregular" Paperwork
Meriam Ibrahim and Family Remain in Khartoum for Police Questioning After
Security and Law Enforcement Personnel Blocked Their Departure from Sudan
Yesterday 06/25/2014
Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian
Concern (ICC) has learned that Meriam Yahi Ibrahim is has been detained for a
24-hour interrogation period at a police station in Khartoum to sort through
"irregularities" in documentation she and her husband presented while
attempting to flee the country yesterday morning. Meriam, her husband Daniel
and their two children, Martin and Maya, were "briefly" detained at
the Khartoum airport yesterday by more than 40 members of Sudan's National
Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). Following
their brief detention yesterday at Khartoum airport, Meriam has been released
into the custody of local law enforcement for 24 hours of questioning regarding
documentation provided by the South Sudanese and United States (U.S.) embassies
in Khartoum. According to The Telegraph, Meriam was carrying both a U.S. visa
and South Sudanese travel papers, reportedly issued to her personally on
Tuesday by South Sudan's Charge d'Affaires, Kau Nak. Nak,
in speaking with AFP, said, "I'm the one who issued that travel document
to [Ibrahim]. My signature is on the back of the document." Nak also
stated that his embassy has not been contacted by law enforcement personnel nor
officials of the Sudanese government with regard to the authenticity of the
papers issued to Ibrahim. NBC
has reported that a U.S. Ambassador in Khartoum has been summoned by Sudanese
officials "over Washington's attempts to assist a mother who had been
sentenced to death for refusing to denounce Christianity." In speaking to
the BBC, Sudanese foreign ministry official, Abdullahi Alzareg, claims Meriam
"came to the airport in an American embassy car-which was bullet proof and
heavily guarded." Alzareg went on to characterize the transport as
"fishy." In
speaking with a member of the Ibrahims' legal defense this morning, ICC has
been told that Daniel, Martin and Maya are now at the police station where
Meriam continues to be held for questioning. In speaking with ICC, the
Ibrahims' legal defense believes Meriam will be released by 9 p.m. local time
(2 p.m. EDT).

ICC's Regional Manager for Africa, Cameron Thomas, said, "We remain
concerned for the well-being of Meriam and her family as Sudan continues to
impede their departure from the country. While it's positive that both the U.S.
and South Sudanese r=embassies are actively assisting the Ibrahims, more must
be done by the international community to ensure their swift and safe removal
from Sudan. President al-Bashir's regime and security apparatus have indicated
what could be their intention to hold Meriam and her family in Sudan
indefinitely, adding to the growing list of human rights violations the state
has voluntarily perpetrated against Meriam and her family." (Source:
ICC - International Christian Concern) Read
more here.

The Good News Corner

The Good News Corner:

Kurdish Christians in Iraq: "A Prayer Movement" is Underway
"I want to encourage our dear brothers and sisters around the world to
continue to pray for our country . . . in spite of all the demographic changes,
destruction, the wars and whatever's happening." -Mahir Towfiq, Life Agape
(Erbil, Iraq)-The Kurds, who have one of the longest cultural histories in the
Middle East, are an ethnic group originally from Kurdistan, which today is
divided into Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

Notes a Wikipedia entry, through time, Kurdish culture has remained
"distinctly different from all others found around it."

Indeed, today, tens of thousands of Kurds identify as Christians, although
thousands have been fleeing their homeland recently in the wake of militant
Islamic attacks. CBN
now reports that more than 500,000 refugees have flooded into Kurdish Iraq.

Heresh Stwne, a news anchor with Kurdistan TV, was quoted as saying Kurds no
longer want to be part of Iraq," but the report also notes that as
"turmoil has increased, a prayer movement has grown."

Said Fabian Grech with the Mesopotamia House of Prayer, "In the last
couple of weeks, there's been a rise of prayer meetings even just in the city.
[Prayer has] been happening even in homes. Even the local churches open their
buildings for prayer in the morning and it wasn't like that before. So we're
seeking God's face for their country. [The prayers] are filled with faith and
passion-big prayers." (CBN) Read
more.

Signs and Wonders

Signs and Wonders:

Aleutian volcanoes are waking up
Sharply increased seismic activity and volcanic eruptions in the Aleutian
Islands and the far western Brooks Range are being investigated by scientists.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the activity over the past few months is
the most seen by the station 26 years. On
the Alaska Volcano Observatory website three volcanoes are classified with a
yellow alert level-signifying signs of elevated unrest above known background
levels-and three are at an orange alert level-heightened unrest with increased
likelihood of eruption.

Orange is the second-highest alert level after red signifying an eruption that
is imminent or underway. (Mining.com) Read
more."And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and
on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves
roaring; men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those
things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be
shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and
great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your
heads, because your redemption draws near."
(Luke 21:25-28)

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MISSION STATEMENT OF CHPP -
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